Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Jeremiah 22:16
Was not this — They only truly know God who obey him; men vainly pretend to piety who are defective in justice and charity.
Was not this — They only truly know God who obey him; men vainly pretend to piety who are defective in justice and charity.
CONCERNING THE KINGS OF JUDAH (22:1-23:8) CHAPTER 22 _ 1. The message in the house of the king of Judah (Jeremiah 22:1) _ 2. Touching Shallum, the King of Judah (Jeremiah 22:11) 3. Concerning Jeho...
JEREMIAH 22:1 TO JEREMIAH 23:8. This section contains several distinct Jeremianic prophecies, relating to contemporary kings of Judah; they have been editorially collected, probably with some expansio...
HE: i.e. Josiah. JUDGED THE CAUSE. Figure of speech _Polyptoton._ Hebrew judged the judgment. Figure of speech _Erotesis_ by _Ellipsis_. "[Did he not] judge righteous judgment? "Figure of speech _Hen...
See introd. summary to section. It probably belongs to the early years of Jehoiakim, but see on Jeremiah 22:18....
2. _The folly of Jehoiakim_ (Jeremiah 22:13-23) TRANSLATION (13) Woe to him that builds his house with unrighteousness and his upper chambers with injustice; who makes his neighbor serve for nothing...
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD. WAS NOT THIS TO KNOW ME - namely, to show by deeds that one knows God's will, as was...
22:16 poor (e-7) Or 'afflicted.'...
1-9. Call to amendment of life....
WAS NOT THIS TO KNOW ME? — The prophet, as a true witness of the law of righteousness, proclaims that the religious fame of Josiah rested not on his restoration of the Temple worship, nor on his suppr...
דָּ֛ן דִּין ־עָנִ֥י וְ אֶבְיֹ֖ון אָ֣ז טֹ֑וב
CHAPTER VI THE JUDGMENT ON JEHOIAKIM Jeremiah 22:13; Jeremiah 36:30 "Jehoiakim slew him (Uriah) with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people."- Jeremiah 26:23...
The message Jeremiah gave the deputation was not enough. He was commanded to go to the house of the king. This he did, and what he there said occupies the succeeding Chapter s up to and including chap...
What a solemn woe, this short but pointed sermon begins with: and what an awful close is made of it, in the application to the king. Is it not astonishing, that any Preacher, and at such a time; shoul...
He more fully expresses what he had said, that Josiah lived usefully, and was honored and esteemed, for royal majesty shone forth in him. He then repeats in other words what he had said, but he did th...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 21, 22, AND 23. On the occasion of Zedekiah's request to Jeremiah to know if the Lord would interfere in favour of the people against Nebuchadnezzar, the Spir...
HE JUDGED THE CAUSE OF THE POOR AND NEEDY,.... Who could not defend themselves against the rich and the mighty; he took their cause in hand, and, having heard it, determined it in their favour, and di...
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then [it was] well [with him: was] not this to know me? saith the LORD. Ver. 16. _He judged the cause of the poor and needy._] And so took a right course, a...
_Wo unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness,_ &c. “The prophet proceeds to denounce God's judgments against Jehoiakim, (see Jeremiah 22:18,) who, it seems, built himself a stately palace i...
PROPHECIES RELATING TO SHALLUM, JEHOIKIM, AND JEHOIACHIN...
He Judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him. Was not this to know Me? saith the Lord....
10-19 Here is a sentence of death upon two kings, the wicked sons of a very pious father. Josiah was prevented from seeing the evil to come in this world, and removed to see the good to come in the o...
HE JUDGED THE CAUSE OF THE POOR AND NEEDY; by himself in person, for the kings of Israel and Judah often sat personally to judge causes; or by setting such judges as did it, administering justice impa...
Jeremiah 22:16 judged H1777 (H8804) cause H1779 poor H6041 needy H34 well H2896 knowing H1847 says H5002 ...
THE INADEQUACY OF JEHOIAKIM (JEREMIAH 22:13). With Jehoahaz out of the way as a prospect hopes may have turned on Jehoiakim, whom Pharaoh had made king in place of his brother, having changed his name...
THE INADEQUACY OF ALL THE CURRENT SONS OF DAVID TO DELIVER JUDAH (JEREMIAH 22:10). Having dealt with Zedekiah, Nebuchadrezzar'a appointee, in the opening passage of the subsection, and having shown th...
CONTENTS: Message to Zedekiah, concluded. The King exhorted to execute judgment. CHARACTERS: God, Zedekiah, Shallum, Jeremiah, Jehoiakim, Coniah, Nebuchadnezzar. CONCLUSION: God never casts one off...
Jeremiah 22:10. _Weep not for the dead,_ as you have wept bitterly for king Josiah, but weep for him who goes into captivity, for he shall return no more. Jeremiah 22:11. _Shallum the son of Josiah._...
_Did not thy father eat and drink._ GOD’S EXPOSTULATION WITH JEHOIAKIM I. God remembereth the piety and usefulness of our ancestors, and observeth how far we resemble them. The Eternal Mind cannot po...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. Early in Jehoiakim’s reign; contemporary with chap. 22. See Notes. Dr. _Payne Smith_ places this prophecy prior to Jehoiakim’s manifestatio...
EXPOSITION Jeremiah 22:1 and Jeremiah 23:1, are connected together by similarity of subject. The temporal and spiritual leaders of the people, who are mainly responsible for the national catastrophe,...
Now the Lord commanded Jeremiah to go down to the king's house and speak there at the king's house this word. The other, it was a message sent back to the king. Now go on down to his house and speak t...
1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 John 2:3; 1 John 2:4; 1 Samuel 2:2; Isaiah 1:17;...